It's time for a new letter in The Alphabet in Historical Fiction but first let's take a look at our entries for the letter C :
1 - Whitney (She is Too Fond of Books) - The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
2 - Sarah (Reading The Past) - Return to Jarrow by Janet McLeod Trotter
3 - Heather (Epoch Tales) - The Skystone by Jack Whyte
4 - Marg (Reading Adventures) - The Conqueror Series by Conn Iggulden
5 - Robin (The Lady Gwynn's Kingdom) - The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
6 - Cat (Tell Me a Story) - Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
7 - Leya (Wandeca Reads) - Captain Wentworth's Diary by Amanda Grange
8 - Carrie (Opalescent Essence) - Stand The Storm by Breena Clarke
9 - Daphne (Tanzanite) - The Secret Bride by Diane Haeger
10 - Alex (Le Canape) - The Queen's Dollmaker by Christine Trent
11 - Ms Lucy (Enchanted by Josephine) - Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
12 -Ana (Aneca's World) - My Lady Judge by Cora Harrison
13 - Rowenna (Hyaline Prosaic) - Peony in Love by Lisa See
14 - Stephanie (Laughing Stars) - Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
15- Teddy(So Many Precious Books) -The Postmistress by Sarah Blake (Cape Cod)
And now it's time to remember the rules and introduce the new letter!
Each fortnight you have to write a blog post about an historical fiction book of your choice (it might even be something you already read before), but it MUST be related to the letter of the fortnight.
You have several possibilities:
- the first letter of the title
- the first letter of the author's first name or surname
- the first letter of a character's first name or surname
- the first letter of a place where an historical event took place
You just have to choose one of them and participate.
Please check our blog each 1st and 15th of the month to find out our new letter, and then link your post (not your blog) back to our page through Mr Linky (see below). Then come and check to see who else has posted and visit their blog to find out all the details of the book they were reading.
You have until the Jan 31st to complete your mission, the next letter will be published on Feb 1st and it is the letter D:
